Last night we got word late from Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports/The Athletic that USC appeared to be keeping head coach Clay Helton.
Helton started strong with the Trojans, winning 27 of his first 37 contests.
He’s however fallen on hard-times, winning just 13 of his last 24 and entered this season very much on the hot seat after failing to go to a bowl game a season ago.
Official word did come down Wednesday afternoon that USC wasn’t in fact making a head coaching change at all and instead, Helton would remain in charge.
As you can probably guess, plenty of USC faithful were none too pleased.
Here’s what new USC Athletic Director Mike Bohn tweeted Wednesday afternoon. Take a look and then we’ll check in on his mentions and see how USC fans are handling the news.
I am pleased to let you know Coach Helton will continue to be our head coach.
His commitment to our student-athletes and to leading with integrity is vital to restoring our championship program, which is the goal for all of our teams.
— Mike Bohn (@USC_mikebohn) December 4, 2019
This should go over well – let’s check it out…